Reads an INI file and parses it into a hashtable structure. From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43690336/powershell-to-read-single-value-from-simple-ini-file

Get-IniFile.ps1

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43690336/powershell-to-read-single-value-from-simple-ini-file
function Get-IniFile 
{  
    param(  
        # Required parameter specifying the path to the INI file.
        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $filePath  
    )  
    
    $anonymous = "NoSection"  
  
    $ini = @{}  

    # Use switch statement with regular expressions to process lines in the file
    switch -regex -file $filePath  
    {  
        # Line starting with '[' defines a new section
        "^\[(.+)\]$" # Section  
        {  
            # Capture the section name from the match
            $section = $matches[1]  
            # Create a new hashtable for this section within the main hashtable
            $ini[$section] = @{}  
            # Initialize a counter for comments within this section
            $CommentCount = 0  
        }  

        # Line starting with ';' is considered a comment
        "^(;.*)$" # Comment  
        {  
            # If no section is currently defined, use a temporary 'NoSection' section
            if (!($section))  
            {  
                $section = $anonymous  
                $ini[$section] = @{}  
            }  
            # Capture the comment text from the match
            $value = $matches[1]  
            # Increment the comment counter
            $CommentCount = $CommentCount + 1  
            # Create a unique name for the comment based on the counter
            $name = "Comment" + $CommentCount  
            # Add the comment to the section's hashtable
            $ini[$section][$name] = $value  
        }   

        # Line with a key-value pair separated by '='
        "(.+?)\s*=\s*(.*)" # Key  
        {  
            # If no section is currently defined, use a temporary 'NoSection' section
            if (!($section))  
            {  
                $section = $anonymous  
                $ini[$section] = @{}  
            }  
            # Capture the key and value from the match using indexing
            $name,$value = $matches[1..2]  
            # Add the key-value pair to the section's hashtable
            $ini[$section][$name] = $value  
        }  
    }  

    return $ini  
}